# Capital Controls Shape Stablecoin Access

States with capital controls will keep shutting informal dollar-stablecoin on-ramps while licensing regimes channel crypto into supervised banks, so access to dollar stablecoins increasingly depends on state-approved intermediaries.

- Conviction: 40 / 100 (forming)
- Horizon: Emerging (watchlist)
- Tracking since: 2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Last updated: 2026-10-29T06:37:07.675Z
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## Recent evidence

- [confirms] Alipay Disowns a Peer-to-Peer Service Selling USDC for Yuan, While Brazil's Itaú Registers as a Licensed Crypto Custodian (2026-10-29): Alipay, China's largest payment network, disowned a peer-to-peer service selling USDC for yuan that had processed about $7,094 across 107 trades. Meanwhile Brazil's Itaú registered as a licensed crypto custodian as Brazil closes its licensing window. Both moves point the same way: informal on-ramps shut and access channeled through supervised banks.